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The National Serigraph Society was founded in 1940 by a group of artists involved in the WPA Federal Art Project, including Anthony Velonis, Max Arthur Cohn, and Hyman Warsager. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The creation of the society coincided with the rise of serigraphs being used as a medium for fine art. [ 4 ]
[5] [6] Hopf provided one of the six limited-edition prints for the Silk Screen Group's 1943 calendar. [7] Hopf's work was included in the 1940 MoMA exhibition American Color Prints Under $10. [8] He was also included in the 1944 Dallas Museum of Art exhibition of the National Serigraph Society. [9] Hopf died on July 17, 1999. [1]
The Society's "active program of traveling exhibits, lectures, and portfolios of prints helped to sustain and broaden interest in the serigraph". [27] The Dallas Museum of Art held several exhibits of the work of the National serigraph Society members in 1944, 1947, and 1951 [28] [29] [30]
The next year, Velonis, Max Arthur Cohn, Warsager, and other artists co-founded the National Serigraph Society. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] [ 21 ] It started out with relatively small commercial projects, such as "rather fancy" Christmas cards that were sold to many of the upscale Fifth Avenue shops for a dollar apiece.
Cohn had worked in the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) easel division and was a co-founder of the National Serigraph Society. [ 67 ] 1962 – Screen printing was given new energy as Pop art visual imagery replicated popular commercialism, notably in Andy Warhol 's Campbell's soup can images, with large scale, colorful, bold prints that ...
In the 1940s Maccoy's work was included in several of the Dallas Museum of Art exhibitions of the National Serigraph Society. [5] [6] [7] In 1947 Maccoy moved to Los Angeles, California where he taught at the Otis Art Institute and was a founder of the Western Serigraph Society. [4] He died on March 18, 1981 [1] in Los Angeles. [2]
Rajer was born in 1918. [1] He was a member of the Works Progress Administration New York graphic unit where he produced serigraphs (silk screens) and woodcuts. [2] His work was included in 1944 Dallas Museum of Art exhibition of the National Serigraph Society. [3]
Floethe's work was included in the 1944 Dallas Museum of Art exhibition of the National Serigraph Society. [6] In 1975 he donated a 1939 WPA calendar to the Library of Congress. The calendar was an example of New York City Poster Division's work. [7] Floethe died on September 30, 1988, [1] in Sarasota, Florida. [4]